Friday, July 26, 2013

Hitting the Ground

When I was in college, I was very self-conscious and
nervous when I went to the dining halls.
Initially, my apprehension revolved around carrying a tray and having someone
knock down my tray, or falling with a tray full of food a la every high school
movie I had ever seen. And the next
phase of my insecurity stemmed from the fact that there were new people around
me who seemed very intent on what I was saying (they obviously didn’t know me
very well) and I was compelled to take tiny bites to avoid a food related
embarrassment. Small bites require a lot
of cutting, and I don’t even know how to use a butter knife, so the whole thing
was not my favorite time of the day. I’d
like to say that I’ve grown more confident, but honest to goodness, when I
bring a salad back to my office to eat at my desk, everything comes crashing
back. No piece of spinach, broccoli or
pepper is quite small enough and people are walking by all the time and damn
it, something just fell on my shirt so I have to wear a sweatshirt for the rest
of the day. Thanks food.

Started T25 last week.
We’ve all been a part of this facebook T25, Beach Body Challenge. I think I mentioned earlier how I joined
accidentally. Well, we started and Shane
asked us all for an update and Becky posted, “I forgot to get Ice this morning
so I could have the shakes. I didn’t so
much hit the ground running as I just hit the ground.” I guess me too because I did the videos for
day 1 and 2 and then my back started to hurt so I laid down on the floor for an
hour afterwards not moving while Percy would occasionally come and by and lick
my face to make sure that I was still alive.
I switch to walking for an hour in the park every day and doing some
yoga which was much better. I
particularly like when I go from plank/lying on the floor (at which point Percy
will come and lie down on my back) to downward dog, and my puppy literally goes
downward.

Most of the office was down at SDCC, which was kind of
nice. We moved down to the “Garden
Level” AKA the basement. It’s pretty
cool. The lights are on, which is always
an improvement. You have press a big
scary red button to get out of the office, and the windows look out to the
dumpsters, but other than that, I kinda love it.

Cassidy and Spencer, two of the interns, have graciously
decided to watch Game of Thrones with me.
I can’t watch them by myself because I don’t want to, so they are taking
one for the whole team. Meanwhile, on
Sunday…

Zach: I found a new show that you’re going to love. It’s called Moone Boy.

Me: I hate that you think I’d love a show called Moon
Boy. But Okay, let’s do it.

We then proceeded to watch the entire season, followed
by an entire season of Goodwin Games. I
highly recommend Moone Boy. So fun.

Got a text Friday night from Sean, they were in my old
stomping grounds (this was the view from my apartment in college).

And this is my niece Morgan (she and Jackie went to
soccer camp) rocking the Penn State gear:

I had zero plans last weekend, and I was ecstatic about
it. I finally got a bridesmaid dress
that actually fits for Janette’s wedding so I could then call her and tell her
that I got a dress for the wedding.
Chatting with her for a while Saturday morning, then took the dogs to
the park followed by lunch outside at MOD pizza. Got a bunch of chores done that I should have
been doing for the last month but didn’t have time for. Watched a bunch of TV went to the dog park
again and then relaxed again. It was
amazing but makes for a pretty dull update.
Sorry kids! But I’m just about to get caught up on these. We’ll see how it goes next week!